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Kanji Detail for 傷 - "wound, to hurt"

傷

  • Meaning

    傷 means "wound, to hurt." Also associated with to grieve.

    1. Wound - An injury; a cut.

    2. Hurt - To cause pain; to damage.

    3. Grieve - To feel sorrow; to mourn.

  • Words using 傷

    • 重傷 じゅうしょう Listen serious wound; serious injury
    • 傷者 しょうしゃ Listen wounded person; casualty; injured person
    • 軽傷 けいしょう Listen minor injury
    • 死傷者 ししょうしゃ Listen casualties; the killed and wounded
    • 傷害 しょうがい Listen injury; inflicting bodily injury
    • 負傷 ふしょう Listen injury; wound
    • 損傷 そんしょう Listen damage; injury
    • 殺傷 さっしょう Listen killing and wounding; bloodshed

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    • Verified meaning: wound, to hurt
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to grieve
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wound; hurt; injure; impair; pain; injury; cut; gash; scar; weak point

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    wound, injury; fall ill from

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to injure; injury; wound

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wound; injury. Such as 受傷 (be injured), 驗傷 (examine injuries). | To harm. Slandering someone is also called 中傷. | To grieve. Such as 傷感 (saddened).

  • Onyomi

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    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ita.meru(いた-める) いた-める

    ita.mu(いた-む) いた-む

    kizu(きず) きず

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    wound hurt grieve injury loss pain sorrow scar blemish bruise cut damage gash harm laceration mark mourn scratch trauma

Sentences including 傷

  • I have a cut here.

  • He was injured in the accident.

  • I have a graze here.

  • We were surprised to see his injuries.

  • We told a lie to him , and hurt him.

  • He made believe not to be hurt.

  • Will i have a scar?

  • The man injured in the accident was taken to the hospital.

  • Let me see your wound.

  • She was injured in the car accident.

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